After bidding farewell to his mentor Xu Jie, Zhu Pingan returned to Tingyu Pavilion in the Hou Mansion. As soon as he entered Tingyu Pavilion, Zhu Pingan found a surprise.
There is a bathtub in the middle of the courtyard. It looks familiar at first glance, and even more familiar upon closer inspection.
Well.
Isn't this the bathtub that Xu Fan had people carry and sell along the street, and he wouldn't sell it for less than three hundred taels of silver? Isn't it the bathtub that his father Xu Jie loved the most? !
cough cough
When I first entered Xu's house and heard Xu Fan say this, I was still complaining in my heart, wondering who would spend 300 taels of silver to buy a second-hand bathtub. 300 taels of silver is equivalent to more than 20,000 yuan in RMB. The bathtubs of the Ming Dynasty are not the high-tech bathtubs with massage functions like modern ones. How can a bathtub made of wood be worth 300 taels of silver
Who would buy a second-hand bathtub
I never expected that the victim I was thinking of at that time would be myself.
"Hehe, Master, do you like it? This is something that Miss spent three hundred taels of silver to buy for you."
The chubby little maid Hua'er jumped out from somewhere, like a little butterfly, and appeared beside Zhu Ping'an with a giggle. She stretched out her chubby little hands to pat the bathtub, blinked her big watery eyes, looked at Zhu Ping'an and asked.
Zhu Ping'an was stunned when he heard this. If he was asked to use the second-hand bathtub that Xu Jie often used to take a bath, it would be a huge challenge.
Although Zhu Ping'an was not a germaphobe, he was a little discouraged when he thought that this bathtub was passed down in Xu Jie's family for two generations.
"Why would anyone want to use a broken bathtub that was used by an old stinky guy? Just have them put it in the warehouse, anywhere, so it doesn't get in the way."
Li Shu came gracefully, wearing a beige shirt embroidered with elegant plum blossoms, a long crimson skirt with ancient butterfly and cloud patterns, and holding a round fan embroidered with Suzhou pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water. Her pretty face was as charming as the moon in spring, her watery eyes were bright and she smiled, then flicked the forehead of the little maid Huaer with her slender hand.
"Miss, it hurts..." The chubby little maid covered her forehead with her chubby hands and looked at Li Shu with tears in her eyes.
Boom.
Li Shu flicked the bun-shaped maid again and said with a smile, "This is how it hurts."
The little maid cried out in pain and once again stretched out her chubby hand to cover her forehead. This time it really hurt...
"Miss, why should we spend 300 taels of silver to buy a broken bathtub? It looks like it has been used by someone..." The little maidservant rubbed her forehead and asked in confusion.
"Such a good opportunity, why not buy it." Li Shu smiled sweetly, her beautiful eyes looking forward, "Is it my husband?"
Well.
All right.
It's a pity that Li Shu doesn't become an official.
Zhu Ping'an touched his forehead with a wry smile. Li Shu was more suitable to be an official than himself. If Li Shu was a man, he would definitely be a better and higher official than himself.
Well, I'll just buy it. As a student, I can help my teacher.
He just owed Li Shu another three hundred taels of silver.
hehe.
Why do I feel like I'm going further and further down the path of living off my wife? No, no, I'm a tall and strong man. It's ok for me not to support my family, but how can I keep spending Li Shu's money
Having to find a way to make money, Zhu Ping'an once again thought about the tertiary industry and decided to put it into action this time.
There will be many places to spend money in the future.
There was no need to think about salary. On the one hand, it was too little. On the other hand, all his salary for the year had been deducted by the previous imperial edict of Emperor Jiajing.
So, now I have no source of income, and if I want to make money, I can only start the tertiary industry.
At noon, Wang Shizhen and Zhang Siwei came together. After they heard that Zhu Ping'an was fined 160 taels of silver, they were worried that Zhu Ping'an did not have enough money on hand, so they came together to give Zhu Ping'an the silver.
It's like a timely help.
The kindness was appreciated, but Zhu Ping'an confiscated the silver because the fine had already been paid with the generous support of Li Shu.
After hearing that Zhu Ping'an had already collected enough money to pay the fine, Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen no longer insisted.
Zhang Siwei smiled and joked, "I told Wensheng a long time ago that he didn't need to worry about Zihou. Zihou is the son-in-law of the Linhuai Marquisate. I heard that Zihou's father-in-law is quite wealthy. This fine is nothing to him."
Wang Shizhen also laughed.
Zhu Ping'an smiled helplessly and shook his head. Although Zhang Siwei and the others were joking, it once again strengthened Zhu Ping'an's belief in creating the tertiary industry.
Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen had to go to work in their respective yamen in the afternoon. Zhu Ping'an invited them to have a simple lunch in the outer courtyard of the marquis's mansion, and then the two said goodbye and went to work. Zhu Ping'an sent them all the way out of the mansion.
The three of them separated at the end of Gonghou Street. Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen went to work, and Zhu Ping'an went to Qihuamen area in Dongcheng District alone.
The Qihuamen area in Dongcheng District is the location that Zhu Ping'an had taken a fancy to last time. It is the best choice for developing the tertiary industry.
This is the most prosperous area in the imperial capital besides the "Front Three Gates", and the flow of people is even greater than that of the Front Three Gates.
This is the only way for the Grand Canal to lead to the imperial capital. It is the key point of the economic lifeline of the entire Ming Empire. It is used to transport grain, merchants come and go, tributes are received from all directions, officials, merchants, civilians and porters come in and out of Beijing, and the hustle and bustle of life at Qihua Gate is endless.
Zhu Ping'an had taken a fancy to this location last time and had also made some preliminary considerations on the type of tertiary industry.
Catering industry.
Zhu Ping'an's initial plan for the tertiary industry is the catering industry. The flow of people in the Qihuamen area is huge, so the catering industry is the most suitable. The catering industry is an industry with a low entry threshold and high profits.
In the initial trial, Zhu Pingan plans to serve the common people and the laborers, and provide mass catering. Zhu Pingan has investigated and found that in this area, the base of the common people is the largest compared to the merchants and officials. Zhu Pingan is a grassroots foodie in modern times. When he was in school, he ate almost all the fast food restaurants and small restaurants nearby, and he knows the most about the modern fast food industry and affordable restaurants. Of course, compared with high-end restaurants, the investment cost of this kind of mass catering is much lower.
The last time Zhu Ping'an brought his naughty kid and little Lolita Niuniu to this place for inspection, he found that the restaurants in this area that cater to ordinary people and laborers have a lot of room for improvement. Whether it is the dishes, services or marketing, they are far from modern ones.
They charge for a pot of tea, the dishes are expensive, especially the meat dishes, the service is slow, the dishes are short of weight, the service attitude is bad, the environment is bad... ... There are so many problems and faults, too numerous to list, and none of them are very popular.
Zhu Ping'an plans to open a popular restaurant to test the waters, healthy catering, and pass on the benefits to the people. It will not only benefit the people but also allow him to have more income. Why not do it
Come on out, fast food.